Toy railroad



May 29, 1928.

J. L. COWEN TOY RAILROAD Filed Dec. 1, 1925 Jaye]? f0]:

Patented May 29,

UNITED STATES JOSHUA L. OOWEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE LIONEL CORPORATION, OF

PATENT OFFICE.

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TOY RAILROAD.

Application filed December 1, 1923. Serial No. 677,937.

The present invention relates to toy railroads and is more particularly directed to ward an improved form of insulating joint in toy railroads, whereby the adjacent rail sections of track may be insulated from one another.

An object of the present invention is to provide an insulating means of the above nature which may conveniently take the form of a pin of insulating. material capable of being inserted into the juxtaposed ends of the track rails and having means such as a projection, to prevent the two sections from coming into electrical contact.

The accompanying drawings show for purposes of illustration one of the many possible embodiments of the present invention, it being understood that the drawings are to be considered as illustrating the invention rather than limiting the same.

In these drawings:

Fig. 1 is a section taken lengthwise of the rails of a toy railroad illustrating, at an enlarged scale, the insulation of a block section; and 3 Fig. 2 is a section taken along the line 2--2 of Fig. 1.

The ends of the adjacent sheet metal rails of two sections of toy railroad track are indicated at 11 and 11. These rails are carried on cross ties 12-3 in the usual manner and are insulated from these ties by insulators let. In order to insulate the rails from one another, and at the same time mechanically connect them together, an insulating pin 18 is employed. This pin has ends 34 and 35 adapted to be inserted into the hollow ends 36 and 37 of the sheet metal track rails. In order that the two rails can not come together, the insulating pin is pro vided with a projection 38 to engage with the ends of the rails.

I claim:

A toy railroad having hollow sheet metal track rails arranged in sections, and an in-. sulator insertible into the juxtaposed ends of the track rails to provide an insulated section of track rail, said insulator having a projection to prevent the two sections of track rail from coming into electrical contact. a

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 28th day of November, 1923.

' JOSHUA L. COWEN. 

